Taing it to the next level- 3.6 engine build

[rfuerst911sc]

I'm as curious as anyone as to what the motor is going to put down on the dyno. But that really is only 5 minutes of bragging rights. To me its how will the car drive,perform,behave ? That is more important to me. When I originally purchased this vehicle from Jake he provided a dyno chart as a baseline for me. He knows I like records and he didn't have to do that. When Jake and I started talking about this build we talked several scenarios and each scenario I was going to be provided dyno charts. As Jake stated we are going to assemble the engine with all the high performance goodies minus his camshafts. He will dyno the engine and then hand the car over to me. I'll drive it for several months/miles and bring it back. Cams will be pulled and the in house built performance cams will go in. Again another dyno run and I will be provided the data. This scenario really benefits both parties and not many shops would be willing to do this. I have no plans to go to another dyno to see if Jake is telling the truth. For one thing I've known Jake for quite a while and trust him completely. Second you can dyno a car one week and gets results x and a week later on another dyno get results y . Big deal so what. The proof will be in how it drives in real world conditions. My butt dyno will tell me pretty quick how she performs .

[Jake Raby]

I've had a dyno for 20 years, and I'll tell you now, that its not everything. Big peak numbers mean very little if the area under the curve sucks. I grade my engines on average TQ and HP under the curve, rather than peak power. To most shops, the worst tool they can buy is a dyno, because they start shooting for big peak numbers, and to achieve them, they'll leave everything else on the table and not even know it.

As technology gets better and better, people get dumber and dumber, and put our less and less. The art of engine building is one of the last true mechanical challenges left, and while technology can be employed to make a better engine, the human brain must stay engaged at all times.

Yes, thats my 308 GTSi in my last post. I also have a 512TR. In the first pic you can see the Weissach brown 911 SC that used to belong to rfuerst911sc :-)

I also do ferrari work, but only when someone wants to think way outside the box.